Word game device



Aug. 11, 1953 F. c. MEEDER WORD GAME DEVICE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 OriginalFiled March 26, 1948 INVENTOR. [Fade/var CJdeezZer MMYAWM ATTOR/VFYJAug. 11, 1953 F. c. MEEDER 2,643,143

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Substituted for abandoned application Serial No.

17,330, March 26, 1948. This application February 25, 1952, Serial No.273,221

1 Claim.

This invention relates to games, and more particularly to a word-forminggame device.

A main object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved wordgame device which is simple in structure, inexpensive to manufacture,and which is capable of providing a great deal of stimulating andinstructive entertainment to adults as well as children.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved word-findinggame device which is adapted to test the scope of a players vocabularywhile providing stimulating entertainment, said device being useful inimproving the proficiency of the players in spelling and in recognizingwords.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparentfrom the following description and claim, and from the accompanyingdrawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a front view of a folder forming the main portion of a wordgame device constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged rear view of the folder of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the folder of Figure 1 shown in openedposition with a plurality of word-forming cards placed on the rear flapthereof.

Figure 4 is an enlarged horizontal crosssectional view taken through thefolder of Figure 1 with a plurality of word-forming cards positionedbetween the flaps thereof.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of one of the word-forming cards employedwith the folder of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings, II designates a folder made of cardboard orthe like, and decorated on its front flap l2 with a suitable picture,preferably a picture having educational value. The rear flap of folderII is designated at l3 and is formed with four horizontal rows of evenlyspaced apertures M. The outside surface of rear flap [3 is marked to theleft of each aperture, as viewed in Figure 2, with a vowel letter theapertures being midway between adjacent letters. Designated at l5 are aplurality of rectangular cards, each card having marked thereon fourconsonant letters, said consonant letters being spaced so as to beregisterable with four openings l4 when the card is placed on rear flap13 in the manner shown in Figure 2.

In playing the game, the folder is opened up, as shown in Figure 3 andpositioned with the Outer surfaces of the flaps I2 and I3 facingdownwardly. Cards I 5 are selected at random and placed face downward inedge abutment on the rear flap I 3, as shown in Figure 3. The width offlap I3 is such that when the outer edges of the first two cards I5 atthe left side of the group shown in Figure 3 are flush with the outeredge of the flap I3, the consonant letters on the first two cards willregister with the openings M at the left side of the flap. Additionalcards l5 placed on flap l3 in the manner illustrated in Figure 3 willalso have their consonant letters positioned in registry with theopenings [4 of the remaining portions of flap Hi. When all the openingsl4 are thus covered, the folder is closed and turned over. As shown inFigure 2, the consonant letters will then appear through the openings 14to the right of the respective vowel letters and the player can thenpick out words formed by the juxtaposition of the vowel and consonantletters. For example, in Figure 2, it is possible to discern the wordsUtah, he, at, tire and ire from the letter groupings present. Theplayer's score will be based on the maximum number of words which he candiscern from a given arrangement of cards [5 within the folder II.

The flap [3 may carry consonant letters instead of vowel letters. Thecards 15 will then carry vowel letters, and words will be formed in thesame manner as described above.

While a specific embodiment of a word game device has been disclosed inthe foregoing description, it will be understood that variousmodifications within the spirit of the invention may occur to thoseskilled in the art. Therefore it is intended that no limitations beplaced on the invention except as defined by the scope of the appendedclaim.

I claim:

A word game device comprising a folder including elongated flapsconnected at their ends and adapted to be arranged in closed and openedpositions, one flap being provided with a plurality of spacedlongitudinal rows of equidistantly spaced openings and having vowelsprinted upon its outer face adjacent to and at the left side of theopenings, and a plurality of separate cards which are much smaller thanthe flaps so that a plurality of longitudinal rows of cards may bearranged between the flapsand covered by them, each card having aplurality of correspondingly spaced rows of consonants spaced apartequal to said spaced openings printed upon one face thereof, the cardsbeing of such a size and the consonants so oriented 3 thereon that whenone card in a longitudinal row has its edge brought into alignment withthe free transverse edge of the flap having the openings and the othercards in the row are assembled so that their edges contact, theconsonants of all cards in the row will be visible through. the openingsof the flap, the arrangement being such that when the flaps are closedthey closely confine the cards therebetween to hold the rows of cards inplace.

FREDERICK C. MEEDER.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS NumberName Date Smith Dec. 13, 1921 Favreau Jan. 31, 1922 Morgan Feb. 17, 1925Snelling June 24, 1930 Goodrich July 26, 1932 Wolfe Jan. 5, 1937

